NOVA
Social Studies
And
Creative Arts
Grade 1
Author
Binod Kumar Pathak
NOVA
Publication
NOVA PUBLICATION
Satungal, Kathmandu
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Social Studies
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Grade-1
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Preface
‘Social Studies and Creative Arts for Grade One’ has adopted practical approach
in order to guide the students towards effective learning in a playful manner.
Right from the first lesson till the end, students have creative involvement with
different kinds of arts, drawings, tricks besides traditional patterns of questions
and answers. This book follows the patterns of emotional and perceptive growth
of students at Grade One level. At this stage of life, children are deeply connected
with family. School is not a very interesting place for children if they do not find
it full of fun, play and care. Every exercise here in the present book has created a
situation for children to get involved in the creative art, fun activities, discussion
and role playing under the able guidance of teachers. Children will become more
expressive and will develop more capabilities at cognitive and emotional level
after they gradually proceed with each exercise. Since social interactions happen
both at home as well as school, this book has dealt with topics related with family,
home and school with great concern keeping in mind the specific situation and
purpose children experience while growing up. Children at this age develop
the ability to defend their choice, likes and dislikes. The exercises at the end of
every lesson make them much more capable to reason with anyone who confront
them. They share their emotions with friends, family members and teachers. They
have feeling of empathy. This book has taken care of all these elements which
a development psychologist will agree with and stand for. I expect the teachers
to be cooperative and patient with the children in dealing with each and every
lesson plus the exercises given there. Parents and guardians have again equally
important role to assist their child get the meaning of a lesson and explain the
exercises for encouraging his/her participation in learning activities.
I thank Nova Publication Pvt. Ltd. for bringing this book in print form and make
it available in your hand. Mr. Megh Raj Poudel, the Managing Director of this
publishing house has been very helpful to arrange for all the technical assistance
which I required of him to complete this book. I am thankful to Mr. Ratna Sagar,
an artist, who drew sketches for every chapter in accordance with the theme and
mood of the contents. I sincerely thank Mr. Birendra Shrestha who framed and
designed this book in an attractive manner. Finally, I thank all those who worked
like foot soldiers to bring this book in your hand.
Author
Date: 10- 02- 2018 Binod Kumar Pathak
27-10-2074
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Table of Contents Page
1
UNIT 1: ME, MY FAMILY AND MY NEIGHBOURS 2
Lesson 1: Me As a Person 6
Lesson 2: My Family 10
Lesson 3: My Personal Belongings 15
Lesson 4: My Friends and Neighbours 19
Revision Activities 22
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UNIT: 2 OUR TRADITIONS, SOCIAL VALUES AND BELIEFS 27
Lesson 1: Respect to Elders 31
Lesson 2: Affection for the Younger 35
Lesson 3: Clothes We Wear 39
Lesson 4: Daily Home Affairs 42
Lesson 5: Our Neighbourhood Affairs 46
Revision Activities 47
52
UNIT: 3 SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR SOLUTIONS 55
Lesson 1: Helping the Helpless 57
Lesson 2: Helping the Old and Weak 58
Revision Activities 63
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UNIT: 4 CIVIC SENSE 70
Lesson 1: Taking Help 75
Lesson 2: Giving Help 80
Lesson 3: My Home 83
Lesson 4: My School
Lesson 5: My Duties and Responsibilities at Home
Lesson 6: My Duties and Responsibilities in School
Revision Activities
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UNIT: 5 OUR EARTH 86
Lesson 1: Land Features in My Surroundings 87
Lesson 2: Areas around My School 92
Lesson 3: The Designs of Houses 96
Lesson 4: The Designs of Schools 101
Lesson 5: The Design of Classroom 104
Revision Activities 107
UNIT: 6 OUR PAST 109
Lesson 1: My Birthday 110
Lesson 2: My Ancestors 114
Lesson 3: My Present Family Members 118
Lesson 4: My Mamaghar 122
Revision Activities 125
UNIT: 7 OUR ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES 128
Lesson 1: Economic Activities from Home 129
Lesson 2: Economic Activities outside Home 132
Lesson 3: Learning to Save and Use Food 136
Lesson 4: Being Disciplined at Work 140
Revision Activities 143
CREATIVE ART 146
Lesson 1: Drawing 147
Lesson 2: Colouring 148
Lesson 3: Printing 149
Lesson 4: Paper Collage 150
Lesson 5: Clay Work 151
Lesson 6: Ink Blotting 152
Lesson 7: Wax Painting 153
Lesson 8: Children Song 154
Lesson 9: Observe the Animal’s Behaviors: Try to Enact 156
Lesson 10: Play on the Musical Instruments 158
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UNIT
1
Me, My Family
and My Neighbours
Lesson 1: Me As a Person 1
Lesson 2: My Family
Lesson 3: My Personal Belongings
Lesson 4: My Friends and Neighbours
Revision Activities
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Lesson 1 Me As a Person
Objectives of this lesson are:
To develop the sense of identity
To identify oneself at basic level in terms of gender, age and nationality
To learn basic differences between me as person and they as friends, relatives and neighbours
My name is Biraj Thapa. I study in Grade
One. I have a sister. She is in Grade Three.
Her name is Bibhuti Thapa. I am six years
old. My sister is eight years old. She is two
years older than me. My school dress is
different from hers. She wears frock and
skirt. I wear pant and shirt. She loves me.
She never fights with me. I share my food
with her. She helps me in my study. She is
a good girl. My country’s name is Nepal.
I am a Nepali citizen. I love to play “hide
and seek” game with my sister. She loves
to play “skipping” with her friends.
Teaching Guideline:
Assist the students identify themselves with the help of pictures and words. Let their sense of
identity come out through their words and behaviours. Give them freedom to speak out and
recognize their specific behaviours.
Words and Terms you would like to know:
Skipping: a play in which a person skips over a rope as it swings round over the head and
under the feet of a person
‘Hide and seek’: This is a popular children’s game in which any number of players hide
themselves in the surroundings of the playing spot. After that, they are found by one or more
seekers.
Citizen: somebody who has the right to live in a country because he or she was born there or
has been legally accepted as a permanent resident
Practice Exercises
1. Answer the following questions:
A. What is the name of a boy in this lesson? How old is he?
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B. What is your name? How old are you?
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C. What is the name of a girl here in this lesson? How old is she?
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D. Write the names of your parents (both father and mother).
My father’s name is .........................................................................
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My mother’s name is ......................................................................
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E. Are you the only child of your parents? Write the details of
other siblings, if any.
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F. Name your favourite foods, and clothes.
My favourite foods are ..................................................................
My favourite clothes are ...............................................................
G. Which games do you like to play?
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H. Write the name of your school.
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2. Look at the pictures below and write down what is going on
there.
A B
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Picture B ..................................................................................................
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3. Mark the differences in following two pictures:
A B
4. Identify a boy and a girl in the following pictures and colour
them:
A B C
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Lesson 2 My Family
Objectives of this lesson are:
To help students understand what is family and name the members.
To know the relationships among the members.
Hello everyone! I am Sanjana Bhandari. I am six years old. I am the
student of Grade One. I live in a joint family. My parents, grandparents
and uncles live together. We live in Kathmandu.
I have one elder sister and one younger brother.
My elder sister is in Grade Four. She is ten years
old. My younger brother is four years old. He is in
nursery class.
Both of my parents work to earn money. My father’s My Elder Sister
name is Anil Kumar Bhandari. He is thirty-seven
years old. He is a bank manager. My mother’s
name is Lata Bhandari. She is thirty-
five years old. She is a teacher.
My grandparents live with us. My
grandfather’s name is Hem Chandra
Bhandari. He is sixty-five years
old. My grandmother’s name is
Shashikala Devi. She is sixty years
old. My grandfather is a farmer. My
grandmother is a housewife. My father: A Bank Manager
I have two uncles. One uncle is a scientist. He is
a scientist. His name is Raja Ram Bhandari. He is
forty years old. He is married. My aunty is also
forty years old. Her name is Alisha Bhandari. She
is a nurse. They have two children: Rakesh and
My Grandfather Radha. Rakesh is my cousin-brother and Radha is
my cousin-sister. My cousins are older than me.
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They are the high-school students. Another uncle is an engineer.
He is unmarried. He is twenty-eight years old. His name is Laxman
Bhandari.
Ram Uncle Alisha Aunty Laxman Uncle Cousin Brother Cousin Sister
I often visit my maternal uncle’s home. It is Mamaghar. My maternal
grandparents love me a lot. I love my family. Family is a group of
members who live together with love and understanding. Family
members are related to each other. For example, I am a daughter to
my parents, a sister to my siblings and cousins, a grand-daughter to
my grandparents and a niece to my uncles. My family is big in size
and it is called a joint family. Nuclear family is small in size having
few members living together.
Teaching Guideline:
Encourage the students to tell the name of their family members and their relationship among
each other. Differentiate between big family and small family with the help of numbers of
members. Tell them about nuclear family and joint family with the help of examples.
Words and Terms you would like to know:
Housewife: somebody who manages a household
Farmer: somebody who does agriculture on farmland
Scientist: somebody who works in the field of science and works for discovering or inventing
something
Engineer: somebody who creates or mends machine or system
Practice Exercises
1. Answer the following questions.
A. What do you mean by family?
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B. Why do we need a family?
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C. What is a joint-family?
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D. What is a nuclear family?
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E. Do you live in a joint-family or nuclear family?
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F. How many members are there in your family?
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G. Who is the oldest and youngest member (person) in your
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family? What is his/her age?
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2. Fill up the following blanks:
A. The father’s wife is my .........................
B. The mother’s husband is my .........................
C. Father’s father is called .........................
D. Father’s mother is called .........................
E. The mother’s son is my .........................
F. The father's daughter is my .......................
3. Match the following pairs:
Family-Relationship Nepali Name (Term)
Uncle Ama
Aunty Hajurbuwa
Grandfather Kaka
Grandmother Mama
Father Kaki
Mother Baba/Buwa
Elder Sister Bhai
Younger Brother Bahini
Younger Sister Dai/Daju
Elder Brother Didi
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Lesson 3 My Personal Belongings
Objectives of this lesson are:
To pick and choose their personal belongings for day to day life and for specific purposes
such as play-time, party-time, celebration-time etc
To take best care of their belongings for their personal growth
I am Ria Sharma. I am neat and tidy girl. I take good care of my body
and personal belongings. My mother is always happy with me. My
teachers also praise me. I never spoil and throw my things.
My parents buy me all the necessary things. I have everything that I
need. I have pencil, eraser, sharpener, colour-pencils, pencil-box and
painting-box, pairs of shoes, doll, wardrobe, study table and chair,
book-rack and so on. I am going to show you some of my things.
Look at them, here they are:
Pencil Eraser Sharpener Tooth-brush and paste
Colour-pencils Doll A pair of shoes Frock
My mother always gives me instructions to follow. I say sorry on my
mistakes. I correct my mistakes without delay. My mother’s advice is
supreme to me.
I follow the instructions of my teachers and parents to take care of my
body and personal belongings.
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Here are some important instructions that I always follow:
1. I keep my books and toys in the rack. I keep them all clean and
remove dirt regularly.
My book-shelf and toy-rack
2. I brush my teeth twice a day after breakfast and before I go to bed.
I keep my tooth-paste and tooth-brush with care at right place.
3. I use soap and towel after taking bath in the bathroom. I keep my
towel clean.
Tooth-brush stand Paper towel Towel stand My Comb
4. I comb my hair regularly and keep it clean.
5. I keep my body-skin clean. I wear clean clothes and shoes.
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6. I keep my clothes in the wardrobe and shoes in the rack.
Wardrobe and drawers Shoe-rack My Clothes
7. I keep my school dress all clean and keep it separate from my
other clothes.
8. I always inform my parents and teachers if any of my belongings
goes missing or gets broken or spoiled.
9. I throw the waste into dustbin and keep my study-table neat and
clean.
Hello friends! Tell me if you follow more instructions than I do. If you
follow less, then try out above instructions. You will find how your
teachers and parents love you all the more.
Teaching Guideline:
Encourage the students to speak in the class about their personal belongings and allow them
to explain how they take care of things. Give more illustrations and examples regarding food-
habits, cleaning the body, toilet behavior, study habit, sharing the food with class-mates, and
various other situations of life which suit them at their age.
Words and Terms you would like to know:
Neat: clean and properly arranged
Tidy: performing task in right way
Spoil: to damage or destroy something
Supreme: having great value or importance
Scalp: skin that covers the skull on head
Practice Exercises
1. Answer the following questions.
A. What is the use of wardrobe?
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B. Where do you keep your books?
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C. Name the persons who help you keep your “body and
belongings” neat and clean.
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D. How do you keep your desk clean in school?
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2. Recognize the following pictures of personal belongings that
you use. Write their names. How do you use them?
A B C D
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3. Match the following.
Things that we use Place- where we keep them
Waste papers Bathroom
Clothes Pencil box
Eraser and Sharpener Dustbin
Soap, shampoo and towel Wardrobe
4. Mark the differences in the following two pictures and then
colour them.
A B
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Lesson 4 My Friends and Neighbours
Objectives of this lesson are:
To help students understand the meaning of friends and neighbours
To make them understand why we need friends and good neighbours in our life
I am Rajan. I am in Grade One. I have many friends in school and
outside. Some of them are really good friends. A good friend is always
supportive and helpful in time of need. My friends make me feel
happy when I am sad. They lend me pencil, books and note-books
when I need them for study. Good friends of mine share their food
with me and introduce me to their parents. Raj is my good friend. He
trusts me and I trust him. He takes care of my school bag and other
things in my absence. He is always kind to me. Rasa is another good
friend of mine. She is in my class. She never hurts me. She always
thinks good for me. She gets worried when I am absent from school.
She enquires about my health. My good friends never criticize me for
mistakes I make. They help me correct those mistakes. They never
give me bad names. I learn good habits and behaviors from them. For
example, I used to get up late in the morning and would get late for
school. My good friends Raj and Rasa advised me to use alarm clock
for getting up early in the morning. I followed their advice. Now, I
am always on time. My teachers and parents praise me. I play with
my friends in the school. We share our food in lunch-time. I thank all
my friends for making me a good boy.
A friend is someone who cares and helps in times of trouble and need.
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My family lives in Biratnagar. We have many neighbours. My
neighbours cooperate with each other in keeping the surroundings
clean and safe for children. I play after I come back from school. I feel
safe in my neighbourhood. I have many friends in my neighbourhood.
They go to different schools. Some of them are older than me. Uma
and Tej are good friends of mine from neighbourhood. They share
their toys with me. Uma brings bicycle and train me how to ride it.
My parents take me to neighbour’s party. I enjoy the company of
other children in a neighbour’s party and a gathering during festival.
I love to play with my friends in neighbourhood
Teaching Guideline:
Highlight the qualities of trust, cooperation and love while discussing about friends and
neighbours in the class-room. Help students identify the emotions of being sharing and caring.
Let the students realize the difference between positive and negative emotions through their
own behaviors which help them transform.
Words and Terms you would like to know:
Enquire: to ask a question; to try to find out facts
Praise: to express words of admiration
Train: To teach somebody to do something.
Neighbourhood: people who live near your house
Ride: to travel on mounted seat of a vehicle or pack animal
Practice Exercises
1. Answer the following questions.
A. Who are good friends?
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B. How many good friends you have? Name them.
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C. Where do you meet them in school or in neighbourhood?
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D. How do you spend time with your friends in neighbourhood?
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E. How do you spend time with your friends in school?
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2. Write ‘Yes’ for the thing you should share with your friend.
Write ‘No’ for the thing you should not share with your friends.
A. I should share my shoes and shocks with the friends.
B. I should share my parents’ belongings with the friends.
C. I should share my pencil, eraser and sharpener with the friends
if I have extra ones and they have forgotten to bring their own.
D. I should share my own toothbrush and comb with the friends.
E. I should share my entire food with the friends at the cost of
being hungry in the school.
F. I should share my personal towel with the friends.
G. I should share my home-work copy with the friends.
H. I should share my personal school bag with the friends.
I. I should share my colour-pencils and painting-box with the
friends.
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3. Mark the differences between the pictures given below and
circle the spot.
A B
4. Below is a sketch of good friends. Colour the sketch-picture.
Draw one such picture on your own.
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Revision Activities
1. Mark the correct word with sign (√) for each picture.
I. Boy/Girl II. Boy/Girl III. Young woman/ Young man
IV. Child/Adult V. Man/Woman VI. Man/Woman
VII. Old woman/Young girl VIII. Young /Old IX. Young man/Old man
3. Introduce yourself in six lines.
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4. What are those habits which help make good friends and good
neighgours?
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5. Write the bad behaviors which take away good friends and
distance our neighbours.
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6. Are you a boy or a girl? What are your likes and dislikes? Test
yourself here and now. Tick ( √ ) the correct word and cross ( X )
the incorrect one. Complete the sentences given below.
A. I like to wear ............................................................................
Pant Skirt Frock Shirt
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B. I prefer to eat ............................................................................
Meat, Egg and Fish Vegetarian food Fruits Milk & Butter
C. I love to play .............................................................................
Ludo Snake-ladder Swinging Skipping
D. I like to watch television and see photos in the books and
magazines for ...........................................................................
Cartoons Animals Flowers Different people
E. I greet my elders and seniors by offering them ..........................
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Namaste Touching feet Shaking hand Salute
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UNIT
2
Our Traditions, Social Values
And Beliefs
Lesson 1: Respect to Elders
Lesson 2: Affection for the Younger
Lesson 3: Clothes We Wear
Lesson 4: Daily Home Affairs
Lesson 5: Our Neighbourhood Affairs
Revision Activities
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Lesson 1 Respect to Elders
Objectives of this lesson are:
To help students understand how elders are making efforts to take care of them
To help them learn how to respect the elders in a society
We find elders and young ones everywhere we go. Who are elders?
Elders are those who are born before another and have more
experience of life. They are senior and superior to others. We have
many things to learn from them. Respect to elders shows our love
towards them. I am Ankit. I am six years old. I have many elders.
Grandparents, parents, teachers, uncles, aunties and other seniors are
my elders. I often use polite behaviours and words of courtesies to
pay my respect to elders. I use the word ‘please’ or ‘excuse me’ for
asking their attention and care. I sincerely thank them for the work
they do for me. I thank my grandparent, parents, teachers and all the
seniors. I say “sorry” and apologize for my mistakes. I am always
ready to learn from them. I refer to all the elders outside my family
and relatives as “Sir” for men and “Madam or Miss” for women.
My mother helping the The teacher teaching
younger brother me and my sister
I greet my elders when I meet them. I bow down to my grandparents
and parents to take their blessings. I do “Namaste” with my folded
hand to all the seniors in neighbourhood. I wish “Good Morning and
Good Evening” to my teachers. I never stop them from speaking. I
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listen to them sincerely and then put forward my points.
I understand how the elders take care of me. My parents and
grandparents make a lot of efforts to keep me healthy and happy.
My teachers teach me with love and affection. My elders protect me
in neighbourhood. I am grateful to all of them. I have one younger
brother Aman and one younger sister Ankita. We thank my elders for
their help and concern towards us.
Teaching Guideline:
Bring various pictures showing parents, grandparents, and teachers in different situations of
life protecting and teaching the children. Help the students understand love and care shown
by the elders. Students from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds have different ways to
pay respect to parents, grandparents and other elders. Ask them to show how they pay respect
to elders.
Words and Terms you would like to know:
A lot of: very many; many, plentiful
Sincerely: in an honest manner
Grateful: feeling or expressing thanks
Apologize: to say that you are sorry for something that has upset others
Courtesy: polite behavior for other people or good manners
Practice Exercises
1. Use the following words of courtesy by making sentence:
A. Please: ........................................................................................
B. Thank you: ...............................................................................
C. Pardon me: ...............................................................................
D. Excuse me: ................................................................................
E. Would you mind: ....................................................................
F. May I: ........................................................................................
G. Sorry: .........................................................................................
H. I apologize: ................................................................................
2. Answer the following questions.
A. Who are elders? Why are they important to our life?
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B. What are the ways to respect our elders?
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C. Why are elders important to our life?
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3. Use the correct word from the box for correct situation of life
given below.
Hello, Excuse me, May I know, Welcome, Please, Would you
mind, Namaste, I apologize, Can I, Thank you.
Situation of life Suitable Word(s)
A. When you ask for help from someone ..............................
B. When you have to clear your way ..............................
C. When you have to know anything ..............................
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D. When you have to offer anything ..............................
E. When you have to take permission ..............................
F. When you are grateful to others ..............................
G. When you invite someone in your party ..............................
H. When you meet your seniors in a park ..............................
I. When you feel sad for mistakes ..............................
4. Mark the differences between the following two pictures:
A B
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Lesson 2 Affection for the Younger
Objectives of this lesson are:
To make the students understand how elders take care of youngers.
To help them learn the roles and responsibilities of younger people towards elders and of
elders.
Teacher: Elders and young ones live together in every family and
community. Younger ones need protection, care and encouragement
from elders. Affection is essential for the younger members in a
family, community or in a school for their development. It takes
away the feeling of insecurity from the life of young ones. Children
communicate freely about their problems to loving elders. Children
do not feel helpless and lonely when they are with elders. Do you
have any event or story to share on this?
Beena: My elder brother Bikas teaches me new skills like talking on
phone, learning computer and internet. He helps me arrange my
books. Both of us study together in the house. He helps me in doing
my homework. He is very caring and supportive towards me.
Raj: I visit my village regularly. My uncles are farmers. They take me
to their farms and show me the art of planting seeds and gardening.
I plant seed with them. They play football with me in open field of
village. They nurse my injuries which
I get while playing with them. This is
the way they show affection towards
me.
Rusika: I am the elder sister. My Playing football
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me. He climbs on the stairs. I bring
him down and save him from falling
down. I make sure he is not hungry
and thirsty when my mother is not
home. I arrange milk and fruits for
him when he is hungry.
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Shiva: I have an elder sister. My elder sister is helping me.
She is six years older than
me. She wakes me up in the
morning. She helps me in
getting ready to school in
time and brings me to the
bus stand. She again waits
for me after my school is
over. My elder sister is in
Grade Seven. She helps in
my study. She is very loving
and caring.
Teaching Guideline:
Involve the students in sharing their own experiences of elders and younger members from
their own life. Bring several pictures of such situations of life where elders are taking care of
younger members. Ask them to do role-play or enact a situation where they play elders and
younger members to treat each other.
Words and Terms you would like to know:
Encouragement: support that inspires confidence
Loneliness: the state being alone
Injury: wound, physical damage to body part
Stairs: a set or several sets of steps leading from one floor or level to another
Practice Exercises
1. Answer the following questions:
A. Do you have younger brother or sister? Write his/her name.
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B. Do you have elder brother or sister? Write his/her name.
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C. What help do you receive from your elder siblings?
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2. What do you see in the following pictures?
A B C
A. ............................................................................................................
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B. ............................................................................................................
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C. ............................................................................................................
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3. How do you behave with your younger siblings in following
situations? Tick (√) the right behaviour.
A. In case younger brother finds his school-bag missing;
I. I will help him search for the school-bag.
II. I will scold him and complain to his parents.
B. In case younger sister is thirsty;
I. I would ask her to wait till mother gets home.
II. I would take a glass of water and offer her to drink.
C. In case younger brother fall down while playing and gets
injured;
I. I would not do anything because he is naughty.
II. I would take him to my parents or other elders in family
for help.
4. Mark the differences between two pictures:
A B
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Lesson 3 Clothes We Wear
Objectives of this lesson are:
To make students know about various types of clothes that people wear in their community
To make them understand how clothes are related with their tradition and culture
Nepal is rich in culture. It has rich tradition. It is culturally diverse.
Nepal’s diverse culture is reflected by clothes and dressing patterns
we wear. We wear clothes to protect ourselves from weather. We also
wear clothes according to different
situations of life. I am Prachi Dahal.
Today I will tell you about different
clothes that my family members and
neighbours wear.
My grandfather usually wears Nepali traditional dress in Hills
traditional dress – Daura-Suruwal
and Dhaka Topi. My grandmother
wears Sari and Cholo. She also loves
dresses like Chaubandi, Gunyo, Patuka
and Khasto.
My parents are engaged in work
outside. My father is a manager
and my mother is a
teacher. My father
loves to wear shirt-
pant with coat and
tie. My mother wears
Sari with a full-sleeve
blouse.
My elder sister looks
elegant in Kurta
Suruwal and Dupatta.
A range of clothes worn in Nepal
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It is always cold in the Himalayan
region and summers are very hot in the
Tarai region. Clothes are different in
the Himalaya and Tarai due to different
weather conditions. My neighbour
Pemba Sherpa is from Taplejung
District. His family wears thick and
warm clothes like Pagden, Bakkhu and
Docha.
Clothes of Mountain Region
Another neighbour Ram Prakash Mahato
is from Saptari district. He likes to wear
Dhoti, Kurta and Gamachha. Chhote Miyan
is from Birgung and he loves to wear Lungi
and Kurta. His brother Bade Miyan likes
Kurta-Payjama.
Teaching Guideline: Clothes of Tarai Region
Highlight the nature of different types of clothes that people wear in Nepal with the help of
pictures and photographs. Explain to them how clothes relate with diverse culture of Nepalese
people. Help them to be attentive about the clothes people wear around them to understand
their culture.
Words and Terms you would like to know:
Tradition: pattern of behavior in a community or group of people, often transferred (handed
down) from generation to generation
Culture: a group of people whose shared beliefs and practices identify the particular place,
class, or time to which they belong
Diverse: made up of many differing parts
Elegant: graceful
1. Answer the following questions:
A. Why do we wear clothes?
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B. Name any five clothes that you wear regularly.
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C. Name the clothes that you wear in festivals or in your birth-
day.
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2. Name the favorite clothes of your family members.
Family member Favorite clothes
You
Grandmother
Grandfather
Father
Mother
Uncle
Aunty
Cousin brother
Cousin sister
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3. Name the following clothes.
A B C D
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E F G H
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4. Write the name of clothes out of jumbled letters.
Jumbled Letters Name of Clothes
WTEREAS
ELOUSB
IRSTH
ETJAKC
ORSHTS
ETI
ANTP
OEHS HCOSSK
ASWLH
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Lesson 4 Daily Home Affairs
Objectives of this lesson are:
To tell the students that human life is not possible without necessary activities
To develop sense of respect for daily work that our family members do everyday
To motivate them to do basic activities for their survival and helping other family members
and friends in their own work according to their capacity
Human beings cannot survive without basic activities. We are engaged
into a series of activities right after the birth. Daily home affairs are
the basic activities of family members. Examples of daily home affairs
are working for earning livelihood, cooking food, washing clothes,
making bed, cleaning a place of living, buying essential things for
use, nursing a sick person, and many more. All our family members
are busy doing different activities to manage the family. I am Amisha
Karna. I see my mother doing the entire kitchen work like cooking
food and serving it to all the family members. My aunty helps her.
My elder sister also joins my mother in serving food. My elder brother
goes out to buy goods from shop when she demands them suddenly.
I also help my mother in keeping the house clean. I put the waste
in dustbin and wash my plate after I finish my meal. All the family
members do the same.
Cooking meal Playing with brother Serving water
My grandmother cleans the grains, fruits and vegetables before
we eat. My father makes sure everybody drinks clean water. My
grandfather looks after the guests and performs formal meeting with
others in neighbourhood. My father is a computer engineer. He earns
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money for all of us. He always
asks us about the things that
we need in our daily life. My
grandfather goes to the school
and asks about my academic
progress to the teachers.
My grandfather is a farmer. Grandfather in a farmland
He spends half of his time in
a year in the farm. He grows
food grains, vegetables, spices
and fruits. My grandmother
helps him in storing the agro-
products.
My uncles run a carpentry
workshop. He makes things out
of wood like chairs, table and
other wooden objects. He takes
me to workshop to observe the
activities.
Uncle's carpentry workshop
Teaching Guideline:
Allow the students to speak on the daily activities going in their family.
Words and Terms you would like to know:
Livelihood: source of income to live on
Basic: most important; essential
Activity: somebody does something
Entire: whole
Serve: work for somebody
Practice Exercises
1. Answer the following questions:
A. Why do human beings perform different activities?
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B. What activities do your family members do?
My grandfather ...............................................................................
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My father ..........................................................................................
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My mother .......................................................................................
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C. How do you help your family in daily home affairs?
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2. Write the daily human affairs (activities) of the family members
of Amisha Karna.
Family members Daily Human Affairs (Activity)
Grandfather
Grandmother
Mother
Father
Uncle Runs the Workshop of carpentry
Aunty
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3. Look at the pictures below and write the daily home activities
you observe.
A B C
Write the daily human activities here:
Picture A : ..........................................................................................
Picture B : ..........................................................................................
Picture C : ..........................................................................................
4. Mark the differences between the following two pictures.
A B
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Lesson 5 Our Neighbourhood
Objectives of this lesson are:
To help students know different activities their neighbours do.
To make the students understand how these activities of our neighbours help everybody
Human beings are dependent upon each other for fulfilling their
needs. We cannot live all alone. We need others to help us in
different areas of life. We do different things according to our
skills and talent. Our neighbours do different works which benefit
us. I am Amisha Karna once again here. Today, I am going to share
about my neighbours’ activities with all of you.
Bimla aunty works as a tailor. She makes clothes that we wear.
Ramesh Karki and Dinesh Pokhrel are farmers. They also run dairy
farms.
Bimla Aunty -- A Tailor Abdul Miya -- A Barber
A Carpentry Workshop A Cobbler repairing shoes
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Abdul Miya runs a hair-cutting saloon. He is a barber. My brother
and father get their hairs cut from him. Sheela Didi operates a general
store where all the necessary items of daily use are sold. I frequently
visit her store and buy the daily use items like brush, powder, shoe
police, hair-oil, biscuits and even food grains packed in a sack. Mohan
Shrestha runs a carpentry workshop where he makes the furniture
like chair, table, dining table, study table, wooden cot and so on.
Darshan Dai mends shoes. He is a cobbler.
Some other neighbours are engineers, doctors and teachers. There are
also businesspersons, traders, civil servents and policeman among
others in my neighbourhood.
Teaching Guideline:
Help the students to be conscious and alert about the activities which go on in neighbourhood.
Help them to know daily service providers such as barber, vendors, cobbler, milkman, doctor,
nurse etc. Also encourage them to speak about the work their family members do for survival.
Words and Terms you would like to know:
Mend: to repair something that is broken or damaged
Carpentry: the skill or work of making and repairing wooden objects
Almirah: a cupboard or wardrobe that is not fixed to a wall
Practice Exercises
1. Answer the following questions:
A. How many members in your family work to earn money?
What work do they do?
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B. What work do your neighbours do for earning money?
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C. What does a doctor do?
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D. What does a driver do?
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2. Recognize the picture of different professions given below and
write down their names:
A B C
3. Correct the jumbled spelled words for workers and match them
with the work they actually perform.
Jumbled word Corrected word Nature of Work
CHEERAT ………….......…. repairs and makes shoes
ERBARB ………….......…. designs and prepares clothes
RMERFA ………….......…. trims and designs the hairs
ILROAT ………….......…. teaches in the classroom
ERBBLOC ………….......…. makes different items of wood
TERCARNEP ………….......…. grows crops and rears animals
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4. Name the following tools and name a person who uses each of
these tools.
A B C
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D E F
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Revision Activities
1. Fill the colours and spot 6 differences in the following pictures:
A B
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2. Tick ( ) the true and cross ( ) the false statements.
A. I greet my teachers in school.
B. I do not disturb my parents.
C. I keep my cloths clean.
D. I finish my school assignment every day.
E. A carpenter designs my cloths.
F. A tailor cuts my hair.
G. A barber cuts my hairs.
H. I waste a lot of food daily.
3. Write the name of the clothes your family members wear.
Family Clothes Family Clothes
Members Members
4. The following pictures speak different situations of life normally
seen in the Nepalese society. Specify the situation being shown
in each picture. Write the details in a given space.
A B
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B ...............................................................................................................
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C D
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